It goes on… 3 Sep 201122 Jun 2018 Zach Weiner nails it again. Damned Epicurean! Humor Metaphysics Philosophy Truisms
Evolution Myth 7: Darwin thought that Australian aborigines were closer to apes than to Europeans 1 Mar 200925 Oct 2019 Actually, this one is better called “Darwin was a racist”, but as the text concerned is from the same source as those claims, I thought it might be easier to evaluate a single claim and generalise from that. Our gospel for today is chapters V and VI of The Descent… Read More
Humor Mute monks sing the Hallelujah chorus 13 Dec 2009 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFCeJTEzNU] Hat tip Chris Thompson… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design The heuristics of antiscience 25 Feb 2011 I’m crowdsourcing here, to ensure that I don’t say anything more stupid than usual. I’m writing a piece for a forthcoming book on antiscience, edited by Massimo Pigliucci. I want to consider the heuristics of antiscientific thinking, but, not being a psychologist or cognitive researcher, may be missing some obvious… Read More